AS/COA's Jason Marczak explains how the Obama administration's new executive order on immigration may help unite families but also promote compromise among Republicans and Democrats in the search for comprehensive immigration reform.
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Earlier this month, the Obama administration announced a new rule for undocumented immigrants, while signs of potential immigration-reform debate are emerging on Capitol Hill.
Venezuela’s political situation requires high-level diplomacy from the United States to build regional support for democracy, writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth for CNN-GPS.
AS/COA provides an overview and analysis of the latest developments in Venezuela's...
In an article for World Politics Review, AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini identifies four initiatives to lay the groundwork for the United States to deepen ties with Latin America.
Given the Venezuelan president’s health, concerns over the future of preferential oil agreements have emerged in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica—the three largest Petrocaribe recipients.
Seja qual for o rumo da transicão política na Venezuela, a sombra do Hugo Chávez continuará sobre o país e a região durante muito tempo, escreve Eric Farnsworth para Estadão.
"Whether its growth is being hailed as a major advance for Latin America or its alleged decline in the developed world is taken as a sign of the global North’s impending fall, the middle class has assumed almost totemic status in popular discussions," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini for CNN-GPS. "The reality, though, is more complex."
O resultado das eleições regionais foi usado por chavistas para tentar demonstrar que o movimento está institucionalizado. Porém, "uma transformação está ocorrendo na Venezuela", escreve Eric Farnsworth da AS/COA. "Esta é uma área em particular onde Estados Unidos e Brasil têm a oportunidade de trabalhar juntos numa agenda comum".
Congressional votes and court decisions this month are bringing several countries closer to marriage rights for LGBT couples.
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won the lion’s share of governorships and regional legislature seats in December elections and could deepen the country’s local-level socialist commune system.
The private sector can help improve security in Central America through reinsertion programs and initiatives targeting at-risk youth, AS/COA's Jason Marczak writes for The Miami Herald.
“After a decade of copying and adapting, [the BRICs] have to move on to a new decade of designing, formulating, and innovating," says Troyjo in an AS/COA interview.
President Hugo Chávez named a potential successor, raising questions about a Venezuelan leadership transition. AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini outlines six issues to watch in Venezuela in the months ahead.
“A comunidade internacional, principalmente o Brasil e os Estados Unidos, deve se manter vigilante para garantir a democracia no iminente processo de transição política na Venezuela,” escreve o Vice-presidente da AS/COA Eric Farnsworth para o jornal O Estado de São Paulo.
This Americas Society policy brief highlights the role of the private sector in violence prevention to provide a more nuanced grasp of the space that can be filled by the business community.
Washington's top diplomat for the Americas outlines how the United States is partnering with Latin America on the advancement of women in political life and economic growth, as well as gender's role in anti-corruption efforts.
President Hugo Chávez designated his vice president as his successor a week before December 16 gubernatorial elections could test the ruling party’s strength and the opposition’s unity.
Iconic Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer was nearly 105 when he passed away on December 5, ending a career that spanned eight decades. AS/COA Online provides an overview of some of his most famous works in Brazil, Spain, and the United States.
Mexico's new cabinet under President Enrique Peña Nieto took office on November 30. AS/COA provides a who's who of the cabinet, which includes market-savvy technocrats and veteran political operators.